Today (Thursday), H.H. Pope Tawadros II paid a visit today to the headquarters of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate in Kobri El-Qobba, accompanied by an ecclesiastical delegation, to extend greetings to His Beatitude Patriarch Anba Ibrahim Isaac, Patriarch of the Coptic Catholics in Egypt, on the occasion of the Glorious Feast of the Nativity, celebrated today (25 December) by a number of Christian Churches.

In addition to His Beatitude the Patriarch, His Holiness was received by several bishops of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Egypt, as well as priests and nuns.

His Beatitude Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac expressed his joy at the visit of Pope Tawadros, affirming that such visits are not merely gestures of courtesy but rather form part of the shared testimony for Christ before the world.

For his part, Pope Tawadros highlighted that Christmas is the feast of the proclamation of love—God’s love for humanity—expressing his hope that the new year would be filled with love, goodness, and happiness.

The delegation accompanying His Holiness included H.E. Metropolitan Danial (Metropolitan of Maadi), H.G. Bishop Yolios (General Bishop of Old Cairo and the Bishopric of Services), H.G. Bishop Angelos (General Bishop of the Churches of Northern Shoubra), H.G. Bishop Marcos (Bishop of Damietta, Kafr El-Sheikh, and the Barrari region and Assistant Secretary of the Holy Synod), the monk Father Emmanuel Al-Muharraqi (Director of the Office of His Holiness the Pope), Hegumen Mousa Ibrahim (the official spokesperson of the Church), Dr. Girgis Saleh (Honorary Secretary-General of the Middle East Council of Churches) and Deacon Joseph Reda (from the Secretariat of His Holiness).

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